Sharner's style was actually pretty generic "pre-method" 60's tv, and the action scenes couldn't have been more ordinary for the era (btw I still believe that all fighting should be limited to hip tosses and hammer punches), but his show did well and he was memorable in it, so...

By the time the first movie hit he'd started to get in on the joke. Then he basically played more and more to what people felt "Shatnering" was as he aged.

Our lovely ship is out alone in the reaches. There's a talented enemy commander with a better, more powerful ship. We lose the opening fight and hide in a cosmic gas cloud. The big, warm-but-stern commander has a science geek doctor friend. They explore new lands along the way, and debate the weight of duty versus scientific discovery. They play classical music for fun. The crew is treated as something more than background fodder, and their losses matter. There are terrible one liners galore (the lesser of two weevils).

Our lovely ship is out alone in the reaches. There's a talented enemy commander with a better, more powerful ship. We lose the opening fight and hide in a cosmic gas cloud. The big, warm-but-stern commander has a science geek doctor friend. They explore new lands along the way, and debate the weight of duty versus scientific discovery. They play classical music for fun. The crew is treated as something more than background fodder, and their losses matter. There are terrible one liners galore (the lesser of two weevils).

Excellent call.

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